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Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Activities, Travel, Nightlife: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
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Housing
Type of housing: A room exchange
Arranged by: Independently - I had no other choice
If returning, I would choose: A room exchange
Why?
I thin it was better to know the people living there and learning the language
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Personal comments
There were many possibilities to find a house and a lot of places to live. There were exactly on the campus and allowed you to not take a transport to arrive to classes
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Languages
Language of instruction: Portuguese
Was learning Portuguese a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my Portuguese
How much did you improve your Portuguese?
My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
It was no problem from the begining to speak, because of the proximity between spanish and portuguese
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Other sources of funding:
Family<br>
Personal savings<br>
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Overall:
was the same price as at home.
Nightlife, Telephone, Housing:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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Overall
I wish I had known...
In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
Try to choose the subjects you like best because the teachers will help you at thier max.
Try too to meet all erasmus form diferent places.
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
Met people from other countries
Experienced a change in life
Advanced my studies & career
Final comments
Have real fun at Coimbra!
Learned very well the language, speaked fluently, meet over 5 hundred othe erasmus and a very good opportunity to travel in Portugal/Spain
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